Module 1: Foundations of Engineering Management 15 credits

This course represents the **first module** of the Engineering Management Master programme. It is designed to familiarize students with key components of business administration, to enable their managerial roles and positions in the future. For this purpose, the course comprises the following four parts: _Organization theory_ – focuses on providing students understanding of organizational theory, including to recognize specific challenges and opportunities in project-based organizations, and the characteristics of organizational behavior and its implications for managing organizations. _Strategic management accounting_ – provides theoretical and practical knowledge in management accounting in an engineering business setting. The aim is to equip the students with theoretical and practical knowledge in accounting and finance in an engineering business setting. The course is designed to give students an overall picture of the calculative practices relevant on the managerial level. The course also provides an introduction to using a spreadsheet program for doing financial calculations and demonstrates how to build up a financial model for a company. _Marketing & supply chain for managers_ – focuses on providing students a foundation including the basic concepts and processes of marketing management and applying a systemic and global supply chain perspective on engineering business. _Business analytics_ – including methods for informed and data-driven decision making in business, using big data ad artificial intelligence and reflecting on ethical consequences of using such data. To facilitate integrated learning and increased understanding for the interrelatedness of the core functions in business administration, the module can close with a business simulation game. **Connection to research and practice** In this course, students are required to apply research-based literature but also acquire skills that are important for conducting managerial decision and take leading roles in development work.